Smithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Boxing Towel"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Boxing Towel"Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriershttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=411http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=411<p>This online exhibition highlights artifacts from the Smithsonian's sports collection, and will introduce students to the pioneering men and women who dominated their sports; championed their country, race, or sex; and helped others to achieve. Both on and off the playing field, these undaunted individuals broke records for themselves and broke barriers for us all.&nbsp;<em>Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers</em>&nbsp;portrays athletes from more than a dozen sports.&nbsp;</p>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:48:15 GMTBrown v. Board of Education: Segregated Americahttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=204http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=204<p>In this online exhibition, students will learn how racism, social attitudes and policies such as Jim Crow laws and poll taxes led to the Plessy v. Ferguson case which legalized segregation. <em>Segregated America</em> is the first section of the online exhibition entitled <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/index.html">Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education<em>.</em></a></p>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:24:56 GMTWorld War IIhttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1026http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1026<p>Students will learn how Americans joined the Allies to defeat Axis militarism and nationalist expansion. Sixteen million Americans donned uniforms in this section of the online exhibition <em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>. The millions more who stayed home comprised a vast civilian army, mobilized by the government to support the war effort.&nbsp;The world-wide conflict that led to the emergence of the United States as an economic and military superpower is divided into sections that allow students to focus either on a specific aspect of the war, or the conflict as a whole. The sections included are titled: Axis Aggression, America Enters the War, Mobilizing for War, "You're in the Army Now", Battle of the Atlantic, The Mediterranean Theater, Storming Fortress Europe, The Pacific Theater; So Others Might Fight; Morale Boosters and Victory and Peace. A non-flash version of the site is available: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=9">World War II</a>.<strong></strong></p>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:24:47 GMT